#BC8236#BC8236

#BC8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8236
RGBrgb(188, 130, 54)
HSLhsl(34, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.91, 15.24, 48.50)
CIE-LCHlch(58.91, 50.84, 72.56°)
OKLaboklab(65.13% 0.039 0.1089)
OKLCHoklch(65.13% 0.116 70.3)
XYZxyz(29.3896, 26.9255, 7.1386)
Luminance0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8236 #3670BC
analogous
#BC3F36 #BC8236 #B3BC36
triadic
#BC8236 #36BC82 #8236BC
tetradic
#BC8236 #36BC3F #3670BC #BC36B3
square
#BC8236 #36BC3F #3670BC #BC36B3
split-complementary
#BC8236 #36B3BC #3F36BC
monochromatic
#5D401B #8C6128 #BC8236 #D19F5E #DFBC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29
#BC8236 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38
#BC8236 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8236
6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8236#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC82361.003.296.386.38
#FFFFFF3.291.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3821.001.001.00
##0000006.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96862D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39338
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD7472
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 70.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a671',
    500: '#bc8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8236;
$custom-light: #d5a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65134,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8236
secondary
#85A2C9
accent
#8ADF49
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#150F08
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8236

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#BC8236 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva